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Dismissed31 October 20223289555

Land at Waters Edge, Lake 10, Cotswold Water Park, South Cerney, GL7 5QH

Planning appeal 3289555 at Land at Waters Edge, Lake 10, Cotswold Water Park, South Cerney, GL7 5QH (Cotswold District Council) was dismissed on 31 October 2022 by Inspector Page L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is in an acceptable location.

outline planning application for the construction of 11no holiday homes along with access roads (including bridge), car parking, alterations to existing drainage ditch to create a new lagoon, creation of a new nature reserve area including alteration to land levels to create a new promontory on the southern shoreline, lowering of land on part of the western shoreline to create waterfowl habitat, erection of a bat barn, new reedbeds and other biodiversity enhancements and landscaping

Authority
Cotswold District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
Inspector
Page L
Postcode
GL7 5QH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal is in an acceptable location
  • the effect of the proposal on ground and surface water
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the proposal on biodiversity

What decided it

The cumulative weight of two instances of significant conflict with the development plan (unacceptable location and insufficient drainage evidence) outweighed the significant benefit of biodiversity enhancements, and no material considerations of sufficient weight justified a decision contrary to the development plan.

Two instances of significant harm from conflict with the development plan (location and drainage) outweighed one instance of significant benefit (biodiversity enhancements of 16.81% net gain), with character and appearance neutral, and limited socio-economic benefits insufficient to overcome the conflict with the development plan as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EC11Policy SP5Policy EN15Policy EN2Policy EN4Policy INF7Policy EN8
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 55Paragraph 81Paragraph 174Paragraph 180

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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